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[IMAGE (PHOTOGRAPH) Three pictures of people building and working with construction equipment; portrait of a woman; portrait of a man; three women talking; three people sitting at a table] WESTERN COURIER WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY VOLUME 66 MACOMB, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1968 NUMBER 1 Hectic Schedules As WIU Welcomes Students, Pres. By LINDA HAKA The hectic hustling began at 7 a.m. on Monday as everyone took their posts for the descent of some 9,600 students on Western's campus. Student counselors could be found in all the dorms, directing traffic, running elevators, meeting students, talking with parents, and guiding the flow from the parking lots to the rooms. They were also stationed on the street corners of Macomb to assist parents and students with their problems of locating various dorms.' CARS JAMMED the parking lots as men of APO and Seal Hall packed carts and carried luggage from cars to rooms for women students. RA's wandered through their floors and dorm lobbies greeting parents and welcoming students to campus. Welcome Week, running extremely smooth in comparison to previous years, was busy as students traveled across campus meeting new faces and renewing old acquaintances. Many parents and students crowded into the new union ballroom to meet Dr. John Bernhard while other students packed the old ballroom which is now the bookstore. TODAY THE FRESH/t1,EN are being counseled and welcomed by administrators and students while tonight they will find excitement at the get acquainted dance. Even though there were some problems such as the union not being completed, congratulations are in order for all those who worked so hard to make this year's Welcome Week a success. DR. NELL KOESTER New Women's Counselor Plans No Immediate Policy Changes By KARIN DELL Dr. Nell Koester, the new counselor for women, has not made her presence on campus felt as yet. She is still ""breaking in and looking around."" Miss Koester, a native of Weslaco, Texas, received her B.A. in music and English from Southern Methodist University in 1957. She earned an M.A. in education, also at SMU, in 1958, and completed her Ph.D. in 1967 at Indiana University in guidance and counseling. Prior to joining the staff here, the new counselor for women taught honors English and choral music in Corpus Christi, Texas for 3 years, and worked as a counselor at W.B. Ray High School, Corpus Christi, for 3 years. Her latest position was Coordinator of In-service Education at Indiana University. AS YET, Dr. Koester has made no policy changes. She feels ""it is disastrous to come in and say I don't like this rule. One mu.it first sec the way things operate and how effectively."" She has taken no position on the controversial topics such as women's hours and the dress code, believing that summer session is a bad time to form an opinion on such things. ""The student body is much (Continued on page 7.) LARRY LEPPER, AUSG president, and Tim Fuller, Rock Island, sophomore, move boxes to their new Union office spaces. WHILE STUDENTS are busy moving in, construction continues on the new Union. MEN OF Seal Hall Rick Latean, Feneseo senior, Danny Davis, senior from Reynolds, and Dick Canady, Roseville senior, help Corbin girls moving. Dr. Nell Koester. Dr. John Bernhard CORBIN RA'S Jeanine Andrson, junior from Aurora, and Peg Losechen, LaPrairie sophomre, welcome freshman Sue Barker to WIU. FRESHMAN COUNSERLORS John King, Fred Hoffman, Paulette Bates, and Kay Kastle (Standing) assign duties from their Union headquarters.

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[IMAGE (PHOTOGRAPH) Three pictures of people building and working with construction equipment; portrait of a woman; portrait of a man; three women talking; three people sitting at a table] WESTERN COURIER WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY VOLUME 66 MACOMB, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1968 NUMBER 1 Hectic Schedules As WIU Welcomes Students, Pres. By LINDA HAKA The hectic hustling began at 7 a.m. on Monday as everyone took their posts for the descent of some 9,600 students on Western's campus. Student counselors could be found in all the dorms, directing traffic, running elevators, meeting students, talking with parents, and guiding the flow from the parking lots to the rooms. They were also stationed on the street corners of Macomb to assist parents and students with their problems of locating various dorms.' CARS JAMMED the parking lots as men of APO and Seal Hall packed carts and carried luggage from cars to rooms for women students. RA's wandered through their floors and dorm lobbies greeting parents and welcoming students to campus. Welcome Week, running extremely smooth in comparison to previous years, was busy as students traveled across campus meeting new faces and renewing old acquaintances. Many parents and students crowded into the new union ballroom to meet Dr. John Bernhard while other students packed the old ballroom which is now the bookstore. TODAY THE FRESH/t1,EN are being counseled and welcomed by administrators and students while tonight they will find excitement at the get acquainted dance. Even though there were some problems such as the union not being completed, congratulations are in order for all those who worked so hard to make this year's Welcome Week a success. DR. NELL KOESTER New Women's Counselor Plans No Immediate Policy Changes By KARIN DELL Dr. Nell Koester, the new counselor for women, has not made her presence on campus felt as yet. She is still ""breaking in and looking around."" Miss Koester, a native of Weslaco, Texas, received her B.A. in music and English from Southern Methodist University in 1957. She earned an M.A. in education, also at SMU, in 1958, and completed her Ph.D. in 1967 at Indiana University in guidance and counseling. Prior to joining the staff here, the new counselor for women taught honors English and choral music in Corpus Christi, Texas for 3 years, and worked as a counselor at W.B. Ray High School, Corpus Christi, for 3 years. Her latest position was Coordinator of In-service Education at Indiana University. AS YET, Dr. Koester has made no policy changes. She feels ""it is disastrous to come in and say I don't like this rule. One mu.it first sec the way things operate and how effectively."" She has taken no position on the controversial topics such as women's hours and the dress code, believing that summer session is a bad time to form an opinion on such things. ""The student body is much (Continued on page 7.) LARRY LEPPER, AUSG president, and Tim Fuller, Rock Island, sophomore, move boxes to their new Union office spaces. WHILE STUDENTS are busy moving in, construction continues on the new Union. MEN OF Seal Hall Rick Latean, Feneseo senior, Danny Davis, senior from Reynolds, and Dick Canady, Roseville senior, help Corbin girls moving. Dr. Nell Koester. Dr. John Bernhard CORBIN RA'S Jeanine Andrson, junior from Aurora, and Peg Losechen, LaPrairie sophomre, welcome freshman Sue Barker to WIU. FRESHMAN COUNSERLORS John King, Fred Hoffman, Paulette Bates, and Kay Kastle (Standing) assign duties from their Union headquarters.